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Notification Settings

Notifications are the way to alert you to a variety of actions occurring in Canvas.

Courses: Course-Level Notification Preferences (2020-06-20 Release) from Instructure Canvas Community on Vimeo.

Important things to know about Notifications are:
  • User determines the frequency: Notifications are received: right away, daily summary, weekly summary, or not at all
  • User determines where the Notification are received: Email address, SMS message, and/or Push notifications
Here are some additional things to consider about Notifications:
  • Can be customized at any time. The user is in control of his/her own Notification experience
  • Lecturers can reinforce student use of Notifications by strongly suggesting critical Notifications for the course being delivered
  • Default Settings for Notifications are listed in this document

Need more information? Check out this Canvas Guide:

Notification Guide


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